cb 750 update

So this is what I have been up to lately....... This is my new header that I made from 3 different exhaust systems.

Here is the exhaust system installed, yes that little piece after the flange is my muffler, sort of.

These are the socks from a 1984 cb 700 super sport, heavier duty springs and they look sweet.

This is the right foot peg and brake lever from the 700 ss, they just happen to bolt on in the place I wanted to install the new foot controls. AWESOME!!


This is the left side controls, same thing here except for I had to extend the linkage, Yeah, I know, i have some finishing work to do. I hope it will be back on the road soon, but when it does get back there it will be sweet.

sweet new vest, sort of?

I had wanted a new something for when I am riding. I wanted something with pockets and stuff. This is what I ended up with.



I removed some of the pockets from this tactical vest and made some new parts. I removed the shoulder pads from my chest protector and added them on this.




I took my old war horse camelbak and removed the straps, added some Velcro loops and now it attaches to the back.

The belt has these cool button loops to hold the belt and vest together, this is doubly cool for me, this keeps my pants tucked in and my kidney belt from getting hung up on stuff. I also added these loops to my new riding pants to hook to the belt button loops to keep my pants from getting pulled down around my butt! So far I have only been out on one ride with it. It doesn't breathe quite as well a the chest protector did but I am loving the new pockets and all of the other stuff.

Anybody know this guy????

So as some of you may have heard I am the Young Mens president in our ward. You know I love having the stake presidency know me really well, unforuntatly that means they also kow who your bishop is. Our Stake President had my bishop ask me to shave, so until I move or get released here I am. I know, nobody will recognize me. Kari and I are still having to get use to this. I don't know if I will ever get use to it. You can really tell how much my face was messed up from my accident. Left side bad, right side ok.

CB750 cafe racer

Well it is cooling off and I can start reworking my motorcycle. I am wanting to convert it into a cafe style bike and in the process hope to shed a few pounds off of this hog. I am currently making a new 4 into 1 exhaust from a 2004 GSXR 750 header, CBX 1200, and some small pieces of my stock exhaust. I cut them all up and am rewelding them back together. Most of it is from the GSXR exhaust. There are many more mods on the board. I will keep yall posted.

September Rain

I know some of you get rain on a regular basis, but us Arizonans it is a pretty rare thing. This is what our backyard looks like when we get 1.5" of rain, we get a little stream that runs through our neighborhood and out our backyard. It is a good thing that our yard is graded so that all of this drains off when it stops raining. This was an awesome day.

Dwight

OK, some of you may know that Kari has a sleep over in early summer for the nieces that live here. I had the great opportunity of being present this year. They ate ice cream, made music videos, got to see the chickens next door, went roller skating, and had pizza. Now on to Dwight. One of the nieces wanted to take an egg home from the neighbors chickens. We said no problem, she asked for a pen, I thought she was going to write her name on it so that we would know which one was her's. She ended up naming it Dwight.

She then added a "don't use me disclaimer" on it. That may have worked if she remembered to take it with her. We ate him, yummy.

I asked if this was his hair, she said yes. I said does that mean he has a bald spot, she said no he is totally bald, she then informed me that it was his back hair. I said oh really. She then voluntarily said "I think back hair is sexy". Yea, I was on the floor laughing. I love our nieces.

Catching up

Man it has been a while since I blogged last. Usually I blog quicker than I visit, but i have been busy the last couple of months. Last week I went up to Utah to ride for a few days with Dad, Kevin, and Eric. I think next year I will come up to ride for a month. I did not want to go back home to the heat or the non heavily forested hills around the valley. Kari and I started to roller skate several times a week. It has been really fun to get out and do some active stuff with her. In case any of you are wondering, Kari is the Activities committee chairman in our new ward and I am the Youngmens President. More fun more meetings, at least Kari and I get to go to ward council together.